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Sukino ✦ Findings

Chatbots Settings Guides Findings

Finding AI RP learning resources is tricky — most of them are tucked away in Reddit threads, Neocities pages, Discord discussions and Rentry notes. It has this nice Web 1.0, pre-social media feel to it, where nothing is really indexed or centralized.

To help make things a bit easier, I am putting together this collection of cool, updated stuff I've found online related to SillyTavern and LLMs in general. Think of it as a crash course to get you up to speed on how everything works and where to get things. Want to learn more? Check out my Guides page, where I share little quality of life things I have discovered.

If you know of any other cool stuff, or if you want me to look at yours and add it to this list, contact me at: sukinocreates@proton.me or @sukinocreates on Discord.

  1. Where to Find Stuff
    1. Chatbots/Character Cards
    2. LLM Models
    3. Chatlogs
  2. Quality and Updated Resources
    1. System Prompts and Presets for Text Completion Models
    2. Jailbreaks for Chat Completion Models
    3. Themes
    4. Quick Replies
  3. Build Your Basic Knowledge
  4. Handy Resources for Botmaking
  5. Novel Roleplaying Setups
  6. Misc
  7. Other Indexes

Latest Updates:
2025-02-20 — Added PygmalionAI to the bot providers, reworked Prompts and Jailbreak sections, and the PList + Ali:chat introduction.
2025-02-17 — Added a calculator and a quick guide to the LLM Models section to help new users figure out which models they can use.
2025-02-16 — Moved things around again. Reworked the Basic Knowledge and Botmaking sections to try to create a proper learning experience. Added a few more links.
2025-02-15 — More links, reorganized the sections AGAIN. Highlights for the theme Moonlit Echoes and the guide Samplers Settings and You, check them out.
2025-02-14 — Even more links. Tried to reorganize the guides into a more optimal learning order.

Where to Find Stuff

Chatbots/Character Cards
LLM Models
  • LLM Model VRAM Calculator: https://sillytavernai.com/llm-model-vram-calculator/ — Confused by all the model names and numbers? No worries! This simple tool helps you figure out which AI models your computer can handle. Just enter your graphics card's VRAM amount and the desired context length (For long roleplaying sessions, 16384 is pretty good), and you'll get a handy list of compatible models. Look for the number followed by "B" (like 8B or 12B) – this tells you what size models you can run. For example, if your system can handle an 8B model, you'll be able to run pretty much any model in that size range.
    • HobbyAnon: https://venus.chub.ai/users/hobbyanon — Now that you have an idea of what you can run, this page offers a curated list of models of every size, along with an easy-to-follow tutorial for getting started with KoboldCPP.
  • SillyTavernAI Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SillyTavernAI/ — Do not start a new thread asking for the models. Check the weekly Best Models/API Discussion, including the last few weeks. If you want to ask for a suggestion in the thread, say how much VRAM and RAM you have available and what your expectations are.
  • Bartowski/mradermacher: https://huggingface.co/bartowski / https://huggingface.co/mradermacher — I don't know how they do it, but these two keep releasing GGUF quants of every slightly noteworthy model that comes out really quickly. Even if you don't use GGUF models, it's worth checking their profile to see what new models are released.
  • /aicg/ meta: https://rentry.org/aicg_meta — Comparison of how the different paid services/models perform in roleplay. Don't take it as gospel, they vary depending on the jailbreak and bots you use, but it can help you set your expectations for what you can pay for.
Chatlogs
  • Chatlog Scraper: https://chatlogs.neocities.org/ — Want to read random people's funny/cool interactions with their bots? This site tries to scrape and catalog them.

Quality and Updated Resources

System Prompts and Presets for Text Completion Models

The system prompts that come with SillyTavern, and most other frontends, are too simple. They make the model roleplay, but not much else; they don't give them rules to follow, they don't tell the AI what the player expects from them. Find out which instruct template your AI model of choice uses — you can usually find it on the original model's page — and grab a better one from one of those people.

Jailbreaks for Chat Completion Models

Always use a good jailbreak, these enterprise-level AI models need prompts to teach the AI how to play. Jailbreaks are not just for making these services write smut and violence, they are versatile and modular, and the NSFW part is usually optional.

Themes
Quick Replies
  • CharacterProvider's Quick Replies: https://rentry.org/CharacterProvider-Quick-Replies — Buttons to effortlessly add a bit of flavour to your RP and make it feel more like a videogame. I don't use them anymore, but I have used them as inspiration for my own buttons.

Build Your Basic Knowledge

Handy Resources for Botmaking

  • Character Creation Guide (+JED Template): https://rentry.co/CharacterProvider-GuideToBotmaking — Start here! Botmaking is pretty free-form, almost anything you write will work, and everyone does it a little differently, so don't think you need to follow templates to make good bots. That said, JED+ is great if you're a beginner, it helps you get your character off the ground by simply filling out a character sheet — think of it as a nice set of training wheels until you get the hang of it. In the long run, I think sticking to a template stifles creativity.
  • pixi's practical modern botmaking: https://rentry.org/pixiguide — Succinct guide to introduce you to some botmaking good practices, and to what kind of cards you can make.
  • How to Create Lorebooks - by NG: https://rentry.co/SillyT_Lorebook — A quick introduction to Lorebooks/World Info. They are a big step up for when you're ready to make your characters deeper and more complex.
  • JINXBREAKS: https://rentry.org/jinxbreaks — Trying to make a crazy character but can't get it to behave the way you want? Maybe this page can help you get an idea of how to prompt it.
  • Getting to Know the Other Templates: Again, don't think you need to use these formats to make good bots, they have their use cases, but plain text is more than fine these days. Read these guides to understand what they are and what they try to accomplish, while picking up some good tips and best practices along the way:
    • PList + Ali:Chat: It was a really popular format before we got models with big contexts. It maximizes token efficiency, using Python/JSON-like lists to define character traits, while using example dialogues to lock in distinct narration styles, speech patterns and behaviors — making it particularly powerful for keeping established characters true to form, expressing subtle personality traits through dialogue, or handling complicated speech patterns. Relying on plain text descriptions alone can lead to loose interpretations, so while this format might complicate your usual workflow, it provides valuable control when you need extra precision over your bot — just consider whether the added complexity is worth the benefits for your specific use case.
    • W++: Honestly, this format is just an inferior PList — use it instead if you want to use a structured list. But, as obsolete as it is, you will still see it around, from old cards, and people who still like to use it, so you might want to understand what it does.

Novel Roleplaying Setups

Misc

  • sphiratrioth666's Character Generation Templates: https://huggingface.co/sphiratrioth666/Character_Generation_Templates — Nothing beats a handcrafted bot. But it's handy to be able to have the AI generate characters for you, perhaps to use as a base, or to quickly roleplay with a pre-existing character. These are prompts to be used on any model of your choice.

Other Indexes

More people sharing collections of stuff. Just keep in mind some of these guides and resources might be outdated or contain outdated practices. Pay attention to when things were made and last updated — a lot of these guides come from when AI RP was pretty new and people were still figuring things out. Back then we didn't have the advanced models with big context windows like we do now, and everyone was learning and experimenting with what worked best.

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